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Work skills and universal job match. Unemployment is Down It is still higher for young people at 20%. January 2014- Numbers claiming JSA. January 2010- Numbers claiming JSA. Predictions 2014. Graduate recruitment to rise by 10.2%
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Unemployment is DownIt is still higher for young people at 20%
Predictions 2014 • Graduate recruitment to rise by 10.2% • Number of graduates leaving University to in 2014 to drop by 17% • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development- predicts net employment growth of +24 • Growth areas: IT, Telecoms, Energy, Finance, Retail and Manufacturing & Production
Most commonly advertised job in North Wiltshire? Nov-Dec 2013
How many people applied for 8 jobs at a new Costa branch in Nottingham- Feb 2013? • 1700
How many people started an Apprenticeship in 2013? • 2013 510,200 • 114,000 aged 16-18, 165,500 aged 19-24 & 230,000 aged 24+ • For an advertised 180,000 vacancies an increase of 27% on 2012
How many web hits did the Wiltshire Police Force receive in 1 hour of going live with 15 vacancies? Jan 2013 • 280,000
Universal Job Match • You can upload up to 5 CV’s to the Gov.uk job search website. • Employers look at listed CV’s and can contact prospective employees • You can submit your CV to live vacancies you are interested in. • Only 1 CV can be live at any one time. This means you MUST have a targeted CV
Keyword search • If you are applying online, or e-mailing a CV lots of companies will use an electronic keyword search to see if you are offering the key skills they want the perfect candidate to have. • Match your CV to the kinds of language and terms your sector uses • What key words link to your subject?
Review your CV • Does it have a balance of subject specialist skills & broad employability skills? • Use the Universal Job Match hand-outs to review your CV and the Keywords you have chosen.
Be aware of what the job market is like • Accurate information can help you plan your next steps
Icould.com –Current information for most job sectors (e.g.- carpentry)